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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Replacement expressions #68356 05/01/02 03:03 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev OP addict OP hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia Cross-threading a little from BYB's Hmmmm? thread, I went a wandering and found a site called http://www.dumpaguy.com so - being a girl, and always wanting to polish up my armoury, I had a look around. Interestingly enough (slowly getting to my point) they've got a list of all the words you can use in place of the expression: Bullsh*t! Balderdash Poppycock Jibberish Blague Houey or Hooey Gobbledigook Gunk Bunk Bunkum crock Hogwash Bologna (Baloney) Rubbish Trash Froth Nonsense Junk Goop Bull Yadda Yadda Lame Puffery Dross Fluff Idle Talk Prattle Tomfoolery Jive Mumbo Jumbo Looney Tunes Jaw Rigmarole Palaver Song and Dance Double-talk Gas Drip Trumpery Hoohah Tommyrot Rot Hot air Slipslop Twaddle Whangdoodle Tosh Hokum Bilge Punk Flapdoodle Piffle Gook Fudge Pishposh Windbaggery Malarkey Guff Faddle Fiddle Blatherskite Meshuggaas Horsefeathers Claptrap Spew Jiggery-pokery Eyewash Vomit Flummadiddle Flimflam Blah Bosh Fiddlesticks Codswallop I personally like the idea of using pishposh or meshuggaas (pronunciation anyone?) purely because they don't make any sense. Anyone got any others they'd use? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68357 05/01/02 04:06 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Meshuggaas Yiddish for crazy. Maybe it will appear as one of this week's words of the day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68358 05/01/02 04:11 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... How 'bout that's a lot of poop? They missed poop! The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68359 05/01/02 05:22 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev OP addict OP hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia Oh [brown]POOP[/brown], Juan! However, here's a quote from the site that may help you: "If you know any words that fit this category and that are not included below, please email the wizard at wizard@dumpaguy.com" E-mail away... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68360 05/01/02 05:24 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev OP addict OP hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia Meshuggaas Yiddish for crazy I knew there was a reason I liked it! Any hints for pronunciation, so that I can use it correctly Geoff? Anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68361 05/01/02 10:52 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon I didn't see load. A la "That's a load." A load of unspecified product... gets the point across nicely. I'm partial to windbaggery and codswallop. The latter reminds me of the cornobble discussion. to wallop with a cod, i.e. the cod's wallop Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68362 05/01/02 12:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia bollocks balls Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68363 05/01/02 01:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 .. points while Dan mutters phrases in Yiddish that have words like 'shnorrer' - 'shlemiel' and 'meshuganah' in. At 11.30 we stop for a food and water stop at a ... http://www.mikeharding.co.uk/news/tgo/ch3.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68364 05/01/02 05:00 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 A AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast A Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 "Meshuggaas -- Yiddish for crazy." No; it's yiddish for craziness (noun). Crazy (adjective) is "meshugeh". From "Glossary of Yiddish Expressions" on line, which transliterates somewhat differently into our alphabet: Meshugass - Madness, insanity, craze Meshugeh - Crazy Meshugeneh - Mad, crazy, insane female. Meshugener - Mad, crazy, insane man Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Replacement expressions #68365 05/01/02 05:02 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Meshuggaas: Yiddish for crazy ... pronunciation Making allowances for the NY accent: Mish - uh - GOSS (that's "uh" as in "schwa" and "goss" as in "gospel") and it means more craziness-the-noun than crazy-the-adjective The root is Hebrew, interestingly enough, not German. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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